"That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: 'Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.' "
– From "But the One on the Right" in The New Yorker (1929)
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Why is Christian Science in our name?
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Dorothy Parker: 10 quotes on her birthday
Here are 10 quips to illustrate the quick wit by which Dorothy Parker made her name.
10. Final words
